“The citizens of Israel stand beside you at this difficult time,” he wrote. “I have no doubt that the strength and heroism displayed by the Japanese people will help overcome this terrible tragedy.”

Israel offered Japan assistance immediately after the earthquake, but so far Tokyo has requested nothing.

Minister of National Infrastructures Uzi Landau said Israel’s two
nuclear facilities were secure and did not face the same challenges as
those in Japan.

“We can feel completely secure in the way they were built, in the way we
follow security procedures, and certainly in the professionalism of the
people who are responsible for them,” Landau said in a interview today
with Army Radio.

Landau added that Israel was not prone to earthquakes of the same magnitude and frequency as Japan.

Bloomberg contributed to this report.

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